“Patrick Murphy, Iraq war veteran, is a great man!!!! Basically any military person who stands up for fellow service members are great American’s! Face it, the US military is fighting for the rights of ALL American’s not just straight American’s. The military has been there for us for hundreds of years! I’d like to see a f00l like POR4319 tell disabled Marine(ret) Eric Alva that he didn’t belong in the Marines when he lost his leg for his country and his fellow Marines he was fighting…” – Sprtakis69 commenting on HuffPost“Congress should repeal the law, providing the secretary and the chairman with enough maneuvering room that, when the time is right, they can implement policies that end discrimination and maximize military readiness.” — former Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. John Shalikashvili“The American People don’t want the American military to be used to advance a liberal political agenda.” – Rep. Mike Pence (R-Indiana), in spite of the fact that 78% of Americans now support DADT’s repeal“GOP lawmakers in the lower chamber are poised to vote en masse against the defense authorization bill if it includes an amendment to repeal the law barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military.” — GOP to defend ‘Don’t ask, Don’t Tell’ (The Hill 5/25/10)“We had to destroy the village to save the village.” – Unnamed US officer in Vietnam

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I believe DADT is the worst of the current anti-gay US laws because it requires punishment simply for being gay. While other anti-gay laws deny rights, they don’t require direct punishment. Please join me in telling our elected representatives including Obama, to end the punishment and official stigmatization now, not years from now, by signing my petition and every other one you can find on Change. org, at GetEqual, HRC and any others you can find. My petition is at: http://www.change.org/actions/view/end_the_punishment_repeal_dadt_now
Thanks for your consideration. Dan Jones